The Permit Pro vs Workhand Construction Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Permit Pro
This app assists contractors in managing their permit applications and evaluating potential business opportunities. It provides tools for tracking progress and analyzing leads to streamline operations.
- Permit tracking
- Lead analysis
- Contractor tools
- Business opportunity evaluation
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The Permit Pro helps contractors track permits and analyze leads.
Workhand Construction Manager
Streamline construction job management from estimates to payments. This app helps small contractors organize projects, track costs, schedule crews, and communicate effectively, replacing scattered texts and spreadsheets with a unified platform.
- Job management from estimate to invoice
- E-signature estimates and invoices
- Stripe Connect payments
- Crew scheduling and dispatch
- Daily logs with photos
- Real-time cost and profit tracking
- QuickBooks Online sync
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For pool builders, GCs, remodelers, and crews under 15 people. Send estimates in 5 minutes with e-signature. Get paid on the spot via Stripe (2.9% + 30¢, no platform markup like Jobber or Buildertrend). Crew chat that translates itself: English, Spanish, Portuguese. Real-time job profit. QuickBooks sync that doesn't fight you. Built by a project manager tired of Procore for a 3-person crew. WHAT'S INSIDE • Estimates with sign-on-glass e-signature • Invoices with Stripe Connect payments (2.9% + 30¢, no markup) • QuickBooks Online sync (customers and invoices, both directions) • Sales pipeline with lead to estimate to won automation • Real-time job costing and profit per job • Crew chat in English, Spanish, and Portuguese (auto-translated) • Subcontractor COI tracking with 30/14/7 day expiration alerts • Time tracking and mileage logging (IRS-rate reimbursement) • AI receipt scanner and cost extraction • Photo-annotated daily logs with customer-facing portal • Recurring invoices for maintenance contracts • Pool chemical logs with plaster startup tracking • Full offline mode: photos, notes, time, mileage, chat all sync when you're back online • Role-based permissions: owner, PM, employee, sales, subcontractor • Web dashboard at dashboard.workhand.app for the office FREE FOREVER PLAN, NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED Free plan includes 1 active job, 1 team member, unlimited customers and subcontractors, per-job chat, photos, daily logs, and 3 estimates plus 3 invoices per month (counter resets on the 1st). Upgrade paths: Pro ($34.99/mo) removes the 3-per-month cap for unlimited estimates and invoices, unlocks scheduling and time tracking, and adds up to 5 team members. Team ($89.99/mo) adds cost tracking, profit-per-job, sales commissions, QuickBooks sync, and 15 team members. 14-day free trial on both. Built by Innovative Ops LLC. Support: support@workhand.app. Pro and Team subscriptions auto-renew each month until you cancel; cancel any time in your account settings. Terms of Use: https://workhand.app/terms.html. Privacy Policy: https://workhand.app/privacy.html.
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Verdict
The Permit Pro and Workhand Construction Manager are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Permit Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $350.00 per month and Workhand Construction Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Permit Pro against 5.0 for Workhand Construction Manager. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
The Permit Pro ships an update fortnightly, Workhand Construction Manager every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Permit Pro | Workhand Construction Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ishara Dhakal | andrew bernardo |
Customer experience
The Permit Pro
Workhand Construction Manager
In-app purchases
The Permit Pro
- Permit Pro Monthly$350.001 Month
- Permit Pro Monthly$374.991 Month
Workhand Construction Manager
- Pro14 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Month
- Team14 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Month
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